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Take it away

Take it away is an Arts Council initiative designed to help more young people get involved in learning and playing music.

Our head office is in Westminster, and our support centre is in Manchester.

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Research into the library of the future published today

Envisioning the library of the future, a major research project undertaken over the past year, is published today. The research will help library staff, funders and users to better understand what libraries could and should look like in the future.  

John Lennon’s lyrics and letters gifted to the nation through our Cultural Gifts Scheme

Lyrics to The Beatles hits Strawberry Fields Forever, She Said She Said and In My Life, handwritten by John …

painting of an older Victorian man (John Ruskin) standing on a backdrop of rocks

Millais portrait that triggered a pre-Raphaelite love triangle acquired for the nation

A painting at the heart of a Victorian scandal has been acquired for the nation …

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The library of the future

A response to Envisioning the library of the future, a major research project that will help us to understand the future for libraries, and how we can enable them to develop.

The contribution of the arts and culture to the national economy

This independent report was commissioned by the Arts Council and conducted by the Centre for Economics …

Reflections on the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival

The four-year UK-wide London 2012 Cultural Olympiad was the largest cultural programme of any Olympic …

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Louise Wylie
Director, Media Relations
Phone: 020 7973 5528

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